Crushing Humanity: The Abuse of Solitary Confinement in Egypt’s Prison

Source: Amnesty International Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1282572018ENGLISH.PDF With torture rife and prison conditions falling far short of the international minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners, there is a human rights crisis in Egypt’s prisons. Prisoners are subjected to overcrowding, a lack of sufficient nutritious food, bedding...

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“Egypt’s Sham Election” Essay in Foreign Affairs

Source: POMED Author(s): Andrew Miller and Amy Hawthorne Original Link: http://pomed.org/egypts-sham-election/ In a March 23, 2018 snapshot for Foreign Affairs, “Egypt’s Sham Election,” POMED’s Deputy Director for Policy Andrew Miller and Deputy Director for Research Amy Hawthorne take a look at Egypt’s March 26-28 presidential election, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s purge of opposition...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Campaign against Civil Society

Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-campaign-against-civil-society/ Democracy Workers Put on Trial In the notorious “Case 173,” a court convicted 43 American, Egyptian and other staff of 5 U.S. and German NGOs in 2013 of operating illegally and using foreign funds to “foment unrest.” The trial was marred by flagrant inaccuracies and loose evidentiary...

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Fact Sheet – Egypt’s Antidemocratic Parliament

Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-egypts-antidemocratic-parliament/ Two years ago, Egypt held elections for a new parliament, returning a legislature to the country following the military-led ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood-run government in 2013. The vote was marred by very low turnout and by reports of extensive state interference to assure the victory...

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Snapshot – The Wrong Target: Egypt Imprisons Nonviolent Student Activist For Terrorism

Source: POMED Author(s): Mahmoud Farouk Original Link: http://pomed.org/pomed-snapshot-the-wrong-target-egypt-imprisons-nonviolent-student-activist-for-terrorism/ SUMMARY On October 15, Andrew Nasif, an Egyptian university student and leftist opposition party member, became the first Coptic Christian to be sent to prison under the country’s draconian anti-terrorism law. The court ruled that...

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Snapshot – Stripping Away Identity: The Dangers of a Repressive New Nationality Law in Egypt

Source: POMED Author(s): Nael Shama Original Link: http://pomed.org/pomed-snapshot-stripping-away-identity-the-dangers-of-a-repressive-new-nationality-law-in-egypt/ SUMMARY The Egyptian cabinet’s recently proposed amendments to the Nationality Law would enable the government to revoke citizenship from peaceful opponents of the regime of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi under a sweeping definition of who...

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Fact Sheet – U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt: Separating Fact from Fiction

Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-u-s-military-assistance-to-egypt-separating-fact-from-fiction/ Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence’s planned trip to Cairo this weekend, two new POMED fact sheets illustrate the complicated military assistance relationship between the United States and Egypt. Below, the fact sheet “U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt...

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Repercussions of the 2013 coup on Egypt’s monuments

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Hussein Duqeil Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/repercussions-of-the-2013-coup-on-egypts-monuments/ After the coup d’état of July 3, 2013, incidents of robbery of antiquities increased significantly. In spite of the overwhelming evidence in this regard, yet officials have repeatedly claimed that the events of January Revolution, 2011...

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The Officers’ Republic: The Egyptian Military and Abuse of Power

Source: Transparency International Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://ti-defence.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/The_Officers_Republic_TIDS_WEB2.pdf Under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt’s armed forces have worked hard to cement their powerful position, which grants them unique economic privileges and removes them from independent, civilian scrutiny. The military pursues four main...

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Syria cooperation highlights progress in Egypt-Russia relations as hurdles remain

Source: MadaMasr Author(s): Asmahan Soliman Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/05/01/feature/politics/syria-cooperation-highlights-progress-in-egypt-russia-relations-as-hurdles-remain/ Phone calls between high-ranking Egyptian and Russian officials have brought the two countries into accord on the Syrian crisis, according to an Egyptian government source, in what is one of several...

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The Civil Democratic Movement: Sisi’s Regime Reacts to Its Greatest Fear

Source: POMED Author(s): Badr Elbendary Original Link: http://pomed.org/the-civil-democratic-movement-sisis-regime-reacts-to-its-greatest-fear/ Four years after the popularly supported military coup that overthrew its first freely elected president, Egypt’s political life is going through a period widely seen as worse than the time of Mubarak. In presidential elections held last week, official...

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A New Hope for NGO’s in Egypt

Source: POMED Author(s): Andrew Miller Original Link: http://pomed.org/a-new-hope-for-ngos-in-egypt/ On April 5, Egypt’s highest appeals court ordered a retrial in the 2012-2013 NGO foreign funding case, in which 43 U.S.- and German-based non-governmental organization employees were sentenced to up to five years in prison for illegally receiving foreign funds, operating without a license and...

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